Schedule of Topics
January
19 Italy and the Great War. The Peace Settlement.
MS: 271-282.
21 The Post War Crisis. The Socialist Revolutionary Offensive and the Emergence of Fascism. I.
MS: 282-294; DG: 3-40.
26 The Socialist Revolutionary Offensive and the Emergence of Fascism. II.
MS: 282-294; DG: 3-40.
28 The Breakdown of Liberal Italy: Mussolini’s March on Rome.
MS: 295-322; DG: 3-40.
February
2 1922-1925 Mussolini as “Constitutional” Prime Minister
MS: 322-328; DG 41-57.
4 "Lo Stato Nuovo" (The New State)
MS: 329-347; DG: 58-77.
9 1930-1936: The years of Consensus. The Totalitarian Experiment.
MS: 347-367; DG: 78-91.
11 Fascist Foreign Policy.I. 1922-1935.
MS: 383-389; DG: 92-104.
16 Fascist Foreign Policy. II. 1935-1938.
MS: 389-396; DG: 92-119.
18 The Racial Laws and the Regime’s “Semi-Nazification”
MS: 367-380; DG: 92-119.
23 Mussolini” s “Parallel War.” Defeat and Downfall of Fascism.
MS: 397-414; DG:92-129.
25 German Invasion and Civil War: The “Kingdom of the South”, Resistance and the Fascist Republic of Salò.
MS: 417-422; DG: 130-137; GH: 8-71.
March
1 The Birth of the Republic. The 1948 Constitution.
MS: 422-424; GH: 72-12.
3 The 1950’s: Italy between recovery and stagnation.
MS: 425-443; GH: 141-209
8 Midterm
10 1960’s: The “Economic Miracle.” The Socio-Economic transformation of Italy
MS: 443-451; GH: 210-297.
15 Italian Foreign Policy during the Cold War, Nato and European Integration.
17 The “Southern Question:” The Policies of State Intervention and Financing in the South.
GH: 121-140.
22 Economic Change and Social Mobilization. Student and Worker Protest: 1968 and 1973.
MS: 455-458; GH: 298-347.
24 The Communist Party, the Christian Democrats and the Challenge of Terrorism: the “Historic Compromise”
MS: 458-467; GH: 348-405; G: 1-136.
April
5 The 1980”s: the crisis of Communism and the rise of Craxi.
MS: 467-474; G: 137-178.
7 Kick -back City,” operation “Clean Hands” and the Collapse of the First Republic.
MS: 474-479; G: 179-248.
12 1992-1994: The Emergence of a New Political System?
MS: 479-486; G: 249-284.
14 Berlusconi’s First Try.
MS: 486-491; G: 285-301.
19 The Long Road Towards a New Republic.
MS: 491-497.
21 Prodi, D’Alema and Amato...
G: 302-316.
26 Berlusconi and Prodi.
G: 317-324.
28 Italy after Berlusconi